Palestinian ‘miracle baby’ born after mother’s death dies

Baby Shimah was born after her mother was killed in an attack (Picture: Twitter)

A Palestinian baby who was born after her mother was killed in an Israeli attack on Gaza has died.

The ‘miracle baby’ was born in an emergency Caesarean section in the central Gaza strip town of Deir al-Balah after an Israeli airstrike on Sunday killed her 23-year-old mother, who was eight months pregnant.

Tragically however, the girl – named Shimah after her mother – also died on Tuesday after hanging on for three days.

The story of the baby girl born in the rubble profoundly touched people worldwide as well those in Gaza.

The baby’s mother was dug out of the rubble after an airstrike (Picture: Press TV)

Dr Fadi Al Khorty, who helped deliver baby Shimah, had called the girl a symbol of hope for Palestinians facing daily bombardment.

Shimah’s grandmother Mirfat Qanan said at the time of the birth that it was a tragedy to lose her daughter, but there was joy in becoming a grandmother.

‘My daughter Shimah is dead, but I now have a new daughter,’ she said.

The latest figures show since the 8 July invasion, more than 1,300 Palestinians – a quarter of whom were children – and 53 Israeli soldiers have been killed in the conflict.

The untimely death of Shimah is a stark reminder of the horror of the conflict.

‘I think this is the saddest thing I’ve seen in three weeks of senseless fighting,’ wrote one commentator on Twitter.